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By ALEXANDER RAPP

Johnny Huston was walking down Pleasant St. in Concord eating a bagel and spied the place of his dreams – an empty retail space perfectly sized for the clothing business he had always wanted.After flipping a coin to decide his future, the 24-year-old...

A Bow man was arrested on multiple charges related to driving the wrong way for several miles on Interstates 293 and 93 and causing another driver to veer off the road.Brian Kunst, 49, was stopped in Concord and was arrested for reckless conduct with...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Michelle Laverdure wants a plan for tomorrow.She’s tired of living out of her van, driving spot to spot so her vehicle isn’t towed or vandalized. She’s exhausted by watching her friends relocate their tent: one encampment sweep means they’re herded to...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Shamir Darjee didn’t know anything about a mortgage or real estate listing six months ago. Most 20-year-olds don’t.He did know that he’d like his own bedroom. For the last ten years, he slept in the living room alongside his younger brother in a...

By DAVID BROOKS

It was a little hard to hear him over the sound of “In the Mood,” but Mark Nelson had an explanation of why a big crowd is drawn to Concord every two months to dance to music that’s nearly a century old.“I think people are looking for a low-pressure...

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Folk Rocker in his Concord home, Minds Crossing. A news day doesn’t go by without hearing the words, “trust me.” When I hear those words, I’m caught on the horns of a dilemma. First, if a person needs to urge me...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Lawmakers are revisiting a proposal to impose a temporary ban on new landfills, framing it as a stopgap measure to protect the environment and public health, while the state Department of Environmental Services updates its widely criticized landfill...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Karen Jantzen knows what the Concord Coalition to End Homelessness does well.Dozens of people are in the coalition’s resource center daily – waiting to take a shower, do laundry, check their mail or connect with a case manager.The beginning of...

By DAVID BROOKS

An Italian restaurant will be built in the middle of the Merchant’s Way development near Exit 17 of I-93 in north Concord, the latest step in the years-long expansion of the site.“This is the part we wanted to save for a full-service restaurant. We...

The southbound exit ramp at Exit 2 on I-89 will be closed Tuesday, Dec. 3, for emergency bridge repairs. Drivers heading south on I-89 who want to get off there on that day will have to get off at Exit 1 and then get back on the highway going north so...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

In an investigation that spanned three states, a Concord man has been arrested and charged with 11 felonies related to online child sexual abuse images, police said Tuesday. Austin Holton, 29, faces seven counts of possession of child sexual abuse...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Celebrating what would have been his 220th birthday on Nov. 23, members of the Pierce Brigade, New Hampshire National Guard and Beaver Meadow students gathered to honor Franklin Pierce, the only Granite Stater to serve as U.S. President, at his grave...

By RACHEL WACHMAN

On Thanksgiving Day at the Windmill Restaurant, everyone becomes family.This will be the 34th year the business will provide free Thanksgiving meals to anyone who asks. People can go to the Windmill, located at 172 Loudon Road in Concord, between 11...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

The Holiday Inn in downtown Concord will close for renovations on Dec. 15 and will reopen next year as a Hilton DoubleTree, according to its new owner.Developer Steve Duprey purchased the hotel on North Main Street in August for $16.8 million. Already...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Andy Sanborn received all the extensions he was entitled to and more to sell his Concord Casino with his gaming license intact, an administrative judge ruled Monday.Now that Sanborn’s time has run out, Judge Gregory Albert determined the state may go...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

When Penacook resident Brennan Bourque heard about the new, 409-space parking garage for state lawmakers to be built in downtown Concord, he wondered: In the months when the legislature isn’t in session, would members of the public be able to park...

By DAVID BROOKS and GEOFF FORESTER

Anybody who remembers the disappointment of Al Capone’s Vault, which was opened on live TV after being sealed for decades but turned out to be empty, will sympathize with the neighborhood group that has rehabilitated the Eastman tower clock monument...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Hopkinton School Board members erupted in anger at the state Legislature over news delivered earlier this month that school districts would receive significantly less money to cover certain special education expenses than they are eligible to...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

One out of every 25 pedestrian or bike accidents in Concord happen along one stretch of North Main Street. By redesigning the crosswalks and moving the bus stops there, city leaders are hoping to change that.On North Main Street, from the intersection...

By DOUG LOWE

Doug Lowe, outdated lighting consultant, lives in Concord. Ten years ago, in a monograph, I expressed my worries concerning wealth distribution in the U.S. My basic concern was that a concentration of wealth was threatening the survival of American...

By MILLIE LaFONTAINE

Millie LaFontaine lives in Concord. When winter is near, what child doesn’t long for a snow day? You know, that out-of-the-blue gift of snow when you haven’t done your homework or you are supposed to be ready for a quiz? Instead, you can create a...